Attorney General Jeff Jackson launches efforts to crack down on robocalls in NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson spearheaded an effort to combat robocalls in North Carolina and nationwide.
Operation Robocall Roundup includes three enforcement actions, such as issuing warning letters to 37 voice service providers, demanding they halt illegal robocalls routed through their networks. The effort, led by Jackson, involves the Anti-robocall Litigation Task Force, made up of 51 bipartisan attorneys general.
These voice service providers, as stated in a news release, "have not complied with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules regarding responses to government traceback requests, failed to register in the FCC's Robocall Mitigation Database, or neglected to submit a plan outlining measures to reduce illegal robocalls on their networks."
By not following these rules, these companies enable robocallers to access their networks and pass their calls through downstream providers, ultimately reaching phones in North Carolina.
"North Carolinians are getting bombarded with millions of invasive robocalls every day, and these communication companies are not following the rules to protect us," Jackson said. "We are giving these companies three weeks to start following the rules so we can shield people from these annoying and illegal robocalls."
Here's a list of service providers receiving letters:
- Advantage Investors LLC
- Alpha Stream
- Ananya Traders LLC
- Ariyan Khan
- BBT Voice Private Limited
- Belthrough
- BPO VoIP
- Collection 3 LLC
- Communications and Telephone Systems Co.
- Dial Vista Corp.
- DigitalOcean, LLC
- Dtel Network LLC
- End Zone Financial Services
- EON Telecom Inc.
- Family Communication Inc.
- Fiber Flux VOIP
- First Tele Communications Inc.
- Flow VOIP LLC
- Globe Tech Solutions
- Higher Response Marketing, Inc.
- HK KwaiFong Group Limited
- Infinity SIP LLC
- Lexico Telecom LTD / Lextel LTD
- Mexico IP Phones LLC
- Nexusphere VOIP LLC
- Pleedex LLC
- Quantum Link VOIP LLC
- Ringnition
- SK Teleco LLC
- SkyPulse VOIP
- Stacy Newsome LNCC LCC
- Telnextrix LLC
- Terra Voip
- TheVisionConnect
- Tiera Enterprises LLC
- Voip Torque
- Whisl Telecom, LLC / Telconus / Telcon US / Telcon Voice
The task force is also sending letters to 99 downstream providers that accept calls from the 37 companies.
AG Jackson recently won a court order against voice provider Articul8 and its owner, Paul Talbot for providing assistance to robocall and telemarketing scams in NC and nationwide by accepting and routing millions of illegal and fraudulent calls.
